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49.—(1) In these Regulations “overseas tested officially certified C2 seed of a listed variety” means C2 seed to which sub-paragraph (2), (3) or (4) applies.
(2) This sub-paragraph applies to C2 seed—
(a)that has been harvested from a crop produced in a member State (including the United Kingdom) for which a field inspection report was issued on behalf of the competent seed certification authority in the member State stating that the crop has been found to satisfy the relevant Directive crop conditions for C2 seed;
(b)for which a seed test report has been issued—
(i)by or on behalf of the competent seed certification authority in the member State, or in a member State, other than the United Kingdom, into which the seed was subsequently imported, or
(ii)by a licensed EC seed testing station in either of the member States referred to in sub-paragraph (i)
stating that the seed has been found to satisfy the relevant Directive seed conditions for C2 seed.
(c)that has been imported into the United Kingdom as C2 seed of a variety that was unlisted at the time when the seed was imported but has since been listed; and
(d)that is accompanied by—
(i)an Annex V(C) document relating to the seed issued by or on behalf of the competent seed certification authority in the member State referred to in paragraph (a); and
(ii)the seed test report referred to in paragraph (b).
(3) This sub-paragraph applies to C2 seed of an approved species that—
(a)was harvested from a crop produced in an equivalent third country for which a field inspection report was issued by the approved seed certification authority or a licensed third country crop inspector in that country stating that the crop had been found to satisfy the relevant Directive crop conditions for C2 seed;
(b)was subsequently imported into a member State other than the United Kingdom and for which a seed test report has been issued by or on behalf of the competent seed certification authority or by a licensed EC seed testing station in that member State, stating that the seed has been found to satisfy the relevant Directive seed conditions for C2 seed;
(c)has been imported into the United Kingdom as C2 seed of a variety that was unlisted at the time when the seed was imported but has since been listed; and
(d)is accompanied by—
(i)an Annex II.A(3) official certificate relating to the crop from which the seed was harvested issued by the approved seed certification authority in the third country referred to in sub-paragraph (a) stating that the crop has been found to satisfy the relevant crop conditions for C2 seed; and
(ii)the seed test report referred to in sub-paragraph (b).
(4) This sub-paragraph applies to C2 seed of an approved species that—
(a)complies with the requirements of paragraph 48(2)(a) to (d); and
(b)was imported into the United Kingdom as C2 seed of a variety that was unlisted at the time when the seed was imported but has since been listed.